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Yesterday I mentioned the chalk cross on the side of the hill above the village of Shoreham, Kent. I also mentioned it served as a war memorial, and that reminded me that I had a picture postcard in my collection of the memorial.

There are no clues on the card as to who published it and when, but I am guessing it was a local photographer/publisher, and probably quite soon after the cross was created in 1920.

You won’t be able to read the inscription on the memorial and it is not very clear on the original, but I think it reads:

SHOREHAM KENT

REMEMBER AS YOU LOOK AT THE CROSS ON THE HILL THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914-1919